oh lovely day

I had a couple of sixth grade sweeties want to stay after school today in order to clean some paint trays.  It turns out that they each normally stay after for an hour of homework club. Neither of them had homework and weren't being picked up for an hour anyway, so needed a place to be---but I'm not complaining.  So while they were working, I became very ambitious and decided to get some grading done.  After 45 minutes of that I decided to also seal a bunch of paper-mache Alebrijes (look for wonderful pictures soon).  This involves spraying an aerosol can of noxiousness.  Despite doing this right outside my door in the courtyard, within 20 minutes or so, my head was spinning.  So I went back to grading, but I could SEE the cloud of fumes lingering inside the classroom.  Suddenly my head began feeling like it was being pressed on both sides and I couldn't focus very well.  I decided to go home.

Upon leaving the building, I found that the weather and sky were having a beauty contest.  I'm not sure who won.  It was close.  But since I can't adequately photograph the weather, I snapped a few of the sky. Happy first-official-day-of-spring!  (And in true Colorado form, after a nearly perfect 72 degree sunny day, the forecast is for snow tonight.)